Oh yes, again it's on the internet so it must be true.
Tom's ignorance of scientific and medical history dooms him to interpet all
phenomena as modern conspiracy. Anthrax epidemics have been recorded from
antiquity. Koch's well known postulates were developed on the model of
Bacillus anthracis infection of mice, but then, perhaps he and Pasteur were an
early part of the conspiracy! What do you think, Tom?